Show republicans 1 ARE AHEAD in this city with a ma bority of votes thai ts the estimate the elac lion sn one and the exact result ie hard to be told at about in the first ward votes had been cast out of votes in the ward in the second ward at 4 only votes biad been cast out of in the ward at the the third ward about voles had been cast in the fourth at votes lad baat out of in the ward and in the fifth at the same time biad ban baat out ot about in the ward tho in the first claim a majority of about thirty votes in the second they claim to be ahead about sixty votes it is very doubtful in ahe I 1 third republicans claim so far to be ahead in the fourth and about thirty five in the fifth the great political fight has been CAT r ed on in very deed in this city tody never before has there been so much political excitement here every auter has been on the streets and at the polls all dav and has been fighting for his with greatest enthusiasm the republicans are generally speaking victorious although the democrats have done all that was possible to elect their men As soon as the polls were opened this morning crowds surrounded them prepared to work and although nothing serious has happened EO far the fight has been most bitterly waged until when the polls closed and the result ie awaited with great excitement voles came in quite slowly during the forenoon and at 12 only about biad been cast in each ward then as the time wore on alie votes came in faster and taster and the judges of election were kept ere busy the weather may have bihl ened the vole somewhat but if so very little for plenty of conveyances hacks carriages etc have been employed so that those who were indisposed to walk to the polls wera conveyed there in n comfortable manner TICKETS undoubtedly there lias been a great deal of scratching tickets which makes the result very liard to forecast ward heelers have been employed and all sorts of means have certainly been used to catch votes tor particular candidates VICTORY the general complexion of the situation now shows a decided republican victory in the city although many surprises may be expected the can state ticket as far as can be learned leads the democratic with a majority of at least although democrats are confident that roberta lias ran away ahead of his ticket here and webers think the same thins of him A majority is conceded to alie rest of the republican ticket it is said that nearly all of the populists have voted for for the supreme bench and it is therefore claimed that le lias ran far ahead of his ticket and zane has been scratched or him miner and bartch have stayed about even their ticket murphy for district attorney is said to be strongly in alie lead albough al hough has worked unceasingly and with cun winning with bob brennan working alie populists for him murphy has polled most of alie railroad mens and irilli vole hiie tickets it is said have been beveri ly scratched dave evans and joe is claimed by the deino anite t have been elected but the re believe their entire legislative ticket is elected the republican majority in alie city the power dm work mens vote it is believed has decided that the closest race of all haa been between broseh and spencer for mayor and many believe that alie latter hag been elected by small majority lie has polled nearly all of ano twenty street vote and a great joany of the railroad man votes both ends have bt cr knocked out of his barl and that has made his victory more certain it was also claimed that a deal haa been made between him and the populists and brough has been fighting that proposition the lists however deny that any deal of the kind lias been mado Hu laniski and anderaon And ereon are said to be elected by a big majority hill and burt it is claimed will undoubtedly be alie next councilmen from the second vote for andersan vote a straight democratic ticket 11 II for mavor allison for the I 1 senate send joe peery to the legislature S P ash for councilman from the ath roberta for congress are some of the banners that were tacked onto the hired carriages which were on the all day conveying voters to the polle one banner said vole for and then the rest was mud under that mud is said was the name 0 the bellows lel lows acro all full and yelling for spencer there were two small scraps in hie second and on in the |